One of Stratford's better known arteries, Huron Street was part of the old Huron Road

Huron Street is part of the old Huron Road, a trail that was blazed through the virgin forests by Dr. William “Tiger” Dunlop and his survey party in May 1827. Actually, in laying out a proof line to determine the best location for the Huron Road, the surveyors went north of Stratford, where they encountered considerable difficulty in the Ellice Swamp. Col. Mahlon Burwell — Burwell Road is named for him — was a leading member of that party, which was working for the surveyor general of Upper Canada and John Galt of the Canada Company.

It was on the return trip from Goderich that Dunlop took note of the point at which the Huron Road would cross the “Little Thames” (renamed the Avon River) and marked it as a future village site on the Canada Company........

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